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Reviews of Scuola Leonardo da Vinci, Rome, Italy

Total No. of Reviews: 125

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The professionalism and Loredana who is an absolutely brilliant teacher!!!

Insider tips about what future students should not miss

Wandering through Rome at night is awesome!

Other comments

I had an absolutely amazing time there! The classes were fantastic, I did not expect to make such quick progress, the resources are very well put together and relevant to the student's life and current situation! I loved my accommodation in Trastevere that I shared with Francesca. She is Italian and helped me incredibly with my language learning!

My greatest disappointment that, having paid for 20 lessons per week, I lost the first two lessons due to the inefficiencies of the initial test. We were asked to be there by 8.30 for the test, then classes started at 9. Yet, even though I finished my test by 9, I was asked to come back only for the last two lessons for the day, thus lost 2 lessons I have paid for. I was very unhappy that I had to sit in a cafe while the lessons I had paid for were running, I should have been in the classroom! I was then allocated a class with 14 people in it, this was way to big and I found that such a big class slowed down my progress. Also, very little homework was given; if there were more and this was checked by teachers the next day, I would have learned a lot more. When asking for another class, I was put in a much smaller one, which was ideal, but then I have already lost two days, which I had paid for. Also, private tutorials were very expensive, 40 euros for 45 minutes, but at least these were very good.

if you are allergic to smoke or have asthma, make sure that your accommodations are smoke free

Other comments

The first day registration took too long and severely impacted on the already limited time for classes. Also beginners and students with some previous knowledge were mixed in my class which was not what I had wanted or expected.

too many students in class (12 although it was mentioned 6; also, there was another beginner group with only 5 students, so i do not understand why we were so many in our group); some vocabulary lists were missing

The atmosphere, the location and the teacher were absolutely brilliant! Christiano made me laugh during the class which was the best way to learn. Other students were very friendly and I met a lot of nice people. Some of the additional activities were fantastic, for example, the wine tasting and the pronunciation lesson.